Chapter 458: The Poison of the Dead in the Crystal

Rand was sitting in the corner of the alchemy workshop.

Watching the experimenters in the alchemy workshop working overtime.

As a student of agriculture in his previous life, Rand had also been to the laboratory, but most of the time he was in the wild.

In short, I worked hard with my face to the earth and my back to the sky, and competed with other seniors in their graduation theses.

If you are not careful, your graduation thesis may be eaten up.

Rand was not completely ignorant of experiments, but he knew very little about experiments of this era.

But his presence here wouldn't be a hindrance.

As a strong support and healer, he can provide a backup if something goes wrong during the experiment.

And as a prospective college graduate with a somewhat modern perspective, he can occasionally offer some potentially constructive advice.

Of course, Rand is very self-aware and would never do anything like an amateur directing professionals.

Rand will not interfere with Ayesha's decision.

Rand hasn't had much to do recently, but he really doesn't want to be idle. The plague problem has become more and more serious during this period, and Rand really has no time to wait for news in the lord's hall.

Developing vaccines is within the scope of the great alchemist's field. Although it is not Ayesha's main focus, it is still a professional match.

Rand was dazzled by the dazzling array of medicines.

This always gave Rand a feeling that the salary he paid Ayesha was too low.

Ayesha’s welfare benefits are of course very good, second only to those of the top executives in the den.

But in general, the treatment is basically reflected in the benefits, and the actual salary is not high.

Maybe give Ayesha an executive level.

When Ayesha was ready to take a break after working for a while, Rand proposed to Ayesha to "increase her salary".

Then he was ruthlessly rejected by Ayesha.

Ayesha said she would not give up her vacation because of her administrative level.

Rand had to say that this was a pure benefit, and although it might increase work, it would not eliminate her vacation time.

Ayesha questioned this, but accepted it, and said that if she was treated like Vanilla, she would try to escape.

Rand felt that he was always misunderstood! Is he that kind of person? Then it was lunch time, and then the experimental work continued in the afternoon.

We have made some progress in developing the vaccine and it is estimated that it will be developed within a month.

Rand finally received the news and no longer inspected the work in the alchemy workshop.

"Any news?" Rand asked Olenna after returning to the lord's hall.

"There is no news from those investigating the plague, but the intelligence personnel have news." Olenna said, "Some countries further south have also been hit by the plague of the poison of the dead."

"Can we offer solutions to those countries?" Rand asked.

"I think so." Olena thought for a moment and replied, "The southern countries that don't border us don't have too many interests to compete with us, so we don't have much hatred. The southern countries further south don't have a very deep prejudice against us either."

"Then let's give it a try," Rand said. "The reward for providing a solution is to support local churches. I want to build more Torch Church Novices in the south, as well as churches of our Harvest and Health Goddess sects."

Rand didn't know much about the countries further south. To be more precise, for some countries, he only knew their names and their territories.

I don’t know about the rest.

This is also an opportunity.

If the prejudice is not too deep and one is able to accept the use of Doctrine 3: common sense of hygiene to protect the village.

Then Rand could gradually gain some minor religious power in these areas.

Since the Torch Church split, many of the Torch Church's churches in these countries no longer have influence.

After that, a new holy city was established, and the power of the new holy city often suppressed the power of the newborn faction of the Torch Church.

Many churches or church properties of the Torch Church's early denominations have been abandoned.

And now, Rand also plans to take this opportunity to restore the old country.

After the church was established, Rand would be able to understand and influence the countries to the south.

"So, have the Kingdom of Bolun and the Kingdom of Renza responded?"

"The Kingdom of Lensa has not responded yet, but the Kingdom of Bollun has. Although the Kingdom of Bollun still does not agree to your proposal, it has become much more flexible." Olenna explained the current situation.

"It seems there is a chance. The Kingdom of Bolen will definitely not cede land to me, and the money probably won't be much, but they seem to have a lot of iron?" Rand said with a smile.

Now Rand is a little iron deficient.

Although Duke Rand of the Moon Phase owns the iron mine in the Crescent Territory, it is just a poor iron mine. Although the abundance is good, the efficiency of iron smelting in the poor iron ore is really low and the consumption is also very high.

Furthermore, no matter what, the Crescent Territory Iron Mine is not a big iron mine. If it is used to supply a normal earl family, it is enough. If it is used to supply a grand duke who has no ambitions, it may also be barely enough.

But unfortunately, Rand does not belong to any of them.

The Dukedom of Rand's Moon Phase is also a big consumer of iron.

Rand's flagship model ship is covered with iron sheets, and Rand's army is naturally a big consumer of iron.

If hydraulic forging hammers and hydraulic wire drawing machines can be developed in the future, the amount of iron consumed will be even greater.

Having some iron is a good gain.

"All we have to do now is wait a little longer." Rand believed that there would be results soon.

A few days later, Rand received the photo crystal.

Many investigators who went to the front lines to investigate contracted the plague.

He is currently receiving treatment in the isolation area designated by the Dukedom of the Moon Phase.

Rand ordered that they be treated first.

Rand turned on the image crystal to play the image.

The life of the villagers in the plague area is naturally a nightmare.

They were isolated not for intensive treatment, but simply to prevent them from infecting the outside world.

In the image captured by the crystal, the villagers infected with the plague were emaciated, their skin was covered with pus and black spots, and some had even begun to fester.

His eyes were sunken and glassy, ​​his lips were cracked and bleeding, his hair was a tangled mess stuck to his face, covered in dirt and dried blood scabs.

Many were too weak to stand and could only huddle in the dirty straw piles, groaning in pain.

High fever, chills, severe coughing and vomiting. Every cough seemed to cough out all the internal organs, and the sputum coughed up was mixed with blood.

The symptoms are more serious. Some have fallen into a coma, while others have hallucinations, babbling nonsense, shouting the names of their loved ones, or roaring like wild beasts.

Feces and vomit were everywhere, and flies and rats were rampant, making the already harsh environment even worse.

Food and water were extremely scarce. The guards would occasionally throw in some moldy bread and turbid water from outside the fence, causing the villagers to scramble frantically and even fight with each other.

The rotting smell attracted flocks of scavenger birds, which circled in the air.

The fear of isolation and despair of death hang over every villager. They know that they have been abandoned and can only wait to die here.

Witnessing the death of their loved ones and friends also completely broke their spirits.

The scavenging birds in the sky will not have the opportunity to eat the carrion because the corpses will be burned.

The nobles knew very well that the villagers who died from the poison of the dead would have a high probability of becoming undead.

So there are still some guards guarding here and burning the bodies.

However, these guards might also be infected with the plague. In that era, there were not many good protective equipment. If the guards had too much contact with sick villagers, they would soon be infected.

Rand had anticipated the scene, but the scene in the crystal image still had a great impact on him.

However, the experiences he had over the years had made it difficult for him to show his emotions on his face.

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And now seems to be the time.

"I plan to have talks with people from the Kingdom of Bolen and the Kingdom of Lensa." Rand smiled and said, "Well, just to promote my plan."

The images transmitted from the crystal allowed Rand to feel the impact of the plague very intuitively.

Rand thought he could use this to convince the nobles of the Kingdom of Bollen and the Kingdom of Rensa and emphasize the value of Rand's plan.

It's not about asking the nobles to sympathize with the common people. Rand is not a messenger of justice, and it is impossible for the nobles to sympathize with the common people.

This was only used to emphasize the harm of the poison of the dead, and to make the nobles of the two countries realize that if they did not deal with it in time, then they, the nobles, might not be able to avoid such a scene.

At that time, the only option they have is to die in a dignified way.

Olenna quickly helped Rand draft the letter, and then had it sent by a messenger to the Kingdoms of Bollen and Lensa.

Soon, Rand received a reply.

Then at the border of the Dukedom of the Moon.

Rand and the great nobles of the Kingdom of Bolen and the Kingdom of Rensa held talks.

The Kingdoms of Bolen and Lensa each sent a high noble councillor.

However, the kings of both countries did not show up, apparently worried that Rand would take the opportunity to kill people.

"I guess the situation in your countries is not very good." Rand said with a smile.

The noble envoys of the two countries all looked grim. They knew that Rand did have a way to deal with the plague.

These two countries are not without intelligence personnel, and they are also aware of the situation in the Dukedom of the Moon.

The Dukedom of the Moon Phase was also apparently afflicted by the poison of the dead, but it did not spread like it did in the Kingdoms of Bolun and Lensa.

This is why they are willing to talk to Rand.

"Stop making sarcastic remarks, Duke Rand." The envoy of the Kingdom of Lunsa snorted coldly.

"So what do you think of my plan?" Rand had no interest in beating around the bush and went straight to the point.

"We are still considering it." The envoys of the two countries did not express their views.

"The longer we delay, the more serious the situation will become. The price won't be this high by then," Rand said.

"Don't bother with that." The envoy from the Kingdom of Bolun snorted coldly, "And your pricing is too greedy."

Rand had not mentioned compensation before, so they doubted his motives and suspected that he was going to take bribes halfway through the work.

Now that Rand has clearly stated the price, he feels distressed, but he does not completely trust Rand and still feels that he can handle the problem.

This is normal, after all, it is directly responding to a hostile foreign country. This is the aristocratic politics of this era, but how to say it.

Rand cares more about the population at risk than they do themselves.

They are all Rand's! Rand's!

Rand doesn't want to find that there are few people in the village when he goes to plunder the Kingdom of Bollen and the Kingdom of Lensa after he becomes stronger.

Rand was disdainful of the Kingdom of Bolen's words.

These two noble envoys basically represent the mentality of the nobles of these two countries.

"Please look at the crystal," Rand said.

Then, the crystal image played the scene of the infected village.

The picture is very impactful, and the improved crystal has improved the picture clarity and can also come with sound.

However, the two noble envoys remained unmoved.

However, they did not take Rand's responsibility for entering their quarantine area without permission to take pictures. Since Rand had to have a countermeasure plan, he naturally needed to understand some of the circumstances.

Rand didn't care.

He didn't want to say anything on behalf of the villagers.

"The situation is as serious as you can see. The guards are obviously not immune to infection, and soon it will be difficult to isolate these villages. You can certainly kill all the infected and burn them, but I'm sure that many of your nobles have also fallen ill." Rand was confident.

The poison of the dead is not necessarily fatal.

Although the antidote requires extremely expensive materials, there are still some lucky people who can escape death with simple medical treatment.

There will be various sequelae, but they are not completely fatal.

In general, in the absence of an antidote, the mortality rate of the poison of the dead is about 70%, which means that under a reasonable medical environment, three out of ten people may survive.

However, for the villagers living in extremely poor conditions, getting sick basically means death.

"Think about it. Do you really not need the villagers and care about them? If there were no villagers, would you wield hoes and cultivate the land yourself?" Rand persuaded him. "Obviously you don't have a better plan, and it's not too late to invite my people to help. Compared with the further expansion of the problem and the harm it will bring, the reward I ask for is simply not worth mentioning, isn't it?"

Indeed, in the eyes of these great nobles, the lives of the villagers are just numbers, or wealth when collecting taxes.

But after seeing the scene captured by the crystal directly, they couldn't help but wonder, if they were infected with the plague, could they really escape?

The antidote was indeed developed, but do they really have enough money to pay for it? And what if many people in the family are infected? And, can they really handle this plague incident by themselves?

The expressions of the noble envoys from both countries kept changing, and finally they said, "We have to go back and discuss this."

Rand gave them the photo crystal as a gift and said goodbye: "Hurry up, after a while, the price will not be the same anymore."

This photo crystal was obtained by the warriors in the hideout at the cost of their lives, but it is definitely not a waste to give it to these two messengers.

The photo crystal will play the role it should.

(End of this chapter)